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Hot Hits
Manual Cinema: No Blue Memories, The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
StrathmoreManual Cinema tells her story through shadow puppetry, silhouetted actors, and live music.
Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes
Signature TheatreFeb. 18 – Mar. 29 Firecracker play that takes the dysfunction, puts it back in the family, then gives it a hilarious - and subversive - stir.
Washington Performing Arts: Budapest Festival Orchestra
StrathmoreFri. Feb 21 Under the baton of former NSO principal conductor Iván Fischer.
Gun & Powder
Signature TheatreJan. 28 – Feb. 23 Two light-skinned African-American women who passed themselves as White to become notorious outlaws in the Wild West.
The National Ballet of Canada: The Sleeping Beauty
The Kennedy CenterJan. 30 – Feb. 2 A colorful pageant danced to Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous music.
National Archives Sleepover
National ArchivesSat. Feb 1 A night of adventure awaits at the National Archives!
Maz Jobrani
The Kennedy CenterFri. Jan 31 Iranian American comedian and actor Maz Jobrani returns to the Kennedy Center.
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures: Swan Lake
The Kennedy CenterThru Jan. 26 Matthew Bourne brings his breakout international hit to the Kennedy Center for the first time.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Folger TheatreThru Mar. 1 Shakespeare’s delightful comedy on love, money, deception, and the power of women. Directed by Aaron Posner.
Becoming Jane
National GeographicThru Jun. 1 Explore Dr. Goodall’s early years through iconic images and a multiscreen experience and venture on a 3D exploration of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park where she did her famous behavioral research on chimps.
Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars
StrathmoreFri. Jan 31 Devoted to promoting the complete story of Cuban music.
Jake Shimabukuro
StrathmoreThu. Feb 13 Hawaii-born Shimabukuro melds elements of pop and jazz into his passionate performances, emoting pure joy with virtuosic flair.
Spotlights
Washington Performing Arts: MLK Tribute Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. Jan 26
Washington Performing Arts: Midori & Thibaudet
StrathmoreSat. Jan 25
Riffs and Relations: Terrance Hayes
The Phillips CollectionThu. Apr 23
Washington Performing Arts: Melissa Aldana
Sixth & ISat. Feb 15
American Ballet Theatre: Giselle
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 11 – 16
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
Washington Performing Arts: Kinan Azmeh CityBand
Sixth & ISat. Feb 8
NSO Pops: Megan Hilty and Cheyenne Jackson
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 13 – 15
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Folger TheatreMon. Jan 27
Washington Performing Arts: Anne-Sophie Mutter
The Kennedy CenterSat. Feb 1
Broadway Center Stage: Next to Normal
The Kennedy CenterJan. 29 – Feb. 2
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 4 – 9
